Car-replacer.



PATENTED OCT. 13., 1903.

J. 1). GREEN. OAR REPLAGER..

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1899.

N0 MODEL.

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Miran STATES Patented October 1", 1903.

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JOHN D. GREEN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WARREN J. WILLITS AND EDWARD B. LINSLEY, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN.

CAR REPLACER.

SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 741,127, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed May 27, 1899. $erial No. 718,607. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN D.GREEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-replacers.

Oarreplacers as heretofore constructed have usually been provided with grooves for engaging the flanges of the wheels to guide them up an incline and deposit them on the rails of the track. In my experience with such devices I have found that the grooves are objectionable, as they do not allow the freedom of motion toward the rails that is desired, and I have also found that they are difficult to construct.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved car-replacer in which the grooves are dispensed with, which will replace the cars quickly and efficiently by a suitable guiding-ridge located to the outside from the rail, and to produce a structure so arranged that the wheels of the car as they pass up an incline will be delivered with a rolling action directly onto the rails.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in this specification.

The invention is definitely pointed out and defined in the claim.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a railway-track with my improved car-replacer in position. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on a line corresponding to line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the railway-tie being shown in full lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of my improved car-replacers.

In the drawings similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A represents the ties of a railway, and A A the rails upon the track.

B B are my improved car-replacers. These are preferably formed out of heavy sheetsteel in the form illustrated in the drawings,

the same being a hollow shell with a curved upper surface to increase the strength. The lower edges are provided with teeth it for engagement in the railway-ties to hold the car-replacers securely in position when in use. The upper surface of each car-replacer is arched, and on the side farthest from the rail is a raised rib O, symmetrical on each end of the car-replacer and the same joining together in a raised point portion 0' at one side of the longitudinal center close to the head of the rail.

The replacer B is intended for use on the outside of the rail, and consequently the lowest portion next to the rail is on a level with or slightly above the top of the rail when in use. The replacer B is to be used between the rails, and consequently made a little lower than the rail, as it only needs to raise the tread of the wheel above the head of the rail. The replacer B has a projecting portion on the rail side which rests directly on the rail-flange, and the replacer is made to come into close contact with the rail on that side to permit the passage of the flange of a car-wheel at that point. e

To replace a car, my improved replacers are merely placed upon the ties or guard without any preliminary or additional fastening, and the weight of the car drives the teeth ti into the tie, preventing slipping or movement of the same, and as the cars are very heavy they adhere to the replacer as they are drawn forward and climb up the same, and the rib part 0, particularly on replacer B, engages the flange and carries the wheel toward the rails. The raised portion G on the outer replacer strikes the side of the wheel opposite the tread and assists in this particular, although the single rib O on the replacer B would be sufficient for replacing most carwheels. The curved form of these car-replacers and their peculiar formation in that connection enables heavier sheet-steel to be used in their manufacture than it is possible to use on those replacerscontaining grooves.

stead of hollow; but their great weight in this instance would make them objectionable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I A car-replacer consisting of a hollow shell open at the bottom and having a broad base substantially rectangular in form, the lower edge of said shell being provided with teeth to engage the ties and retain the replacer in position, said replacer having a convexlycurved upper portion provided with a rib O on the opposite side from the rail symmetrical at each end of the replacer and curved inwardly toward the rail at the center joining forming the point C projecting above the surface and extending close to the rail for the purpose of guiding the car-wheel in such manner that as soon as the wheel is raised to the top of the rail, it will be delivered onto the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. GREEN. [L. s] Witnesses:

KING KELLEY, A. W. EcKERT. 

